

"Even those kids who don't have someone come in, they see a positive male role model and children really like that," said Britton, whose daughter Nora loves having him come on campus.Īs well as the full-day volunteer gig, dads and significant males have other opportunities to help out or participate at Nottingham Country. "We want them to feel productive," Nelson said.īritton, a refrigerator technician who unlike his wife, a teacher, can take the odd day off work, said the program promotes a safe and positive learning environment, not just for the children of the participants, but all the other children, and it allows dads to get to know each other. Search for other Elementary Schools on The Real Yellow Pages.

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The elementary school is part of the Katy Independent School District. "My goal was to increase parent involvement and staff involvement step-by-step to make it the best school it can be." Nottingham Country Elementary School is located in Katy, TX. "So many moms volunteer, but we needed to see dads, and we're seeing them now," Nelson said.

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Some 94 dads and significant males turned out for the program's October launch, and many have signed on to volunteer for the program, which entails spending at least one full day during the school year on campus to act as an "extra pair of eyes and ears." As well as spending time with their own child in the classroom, they greet students as they come to school, patrol hallways and outdoors, watch the playground, hang out at lunch and do traffic patrol at the end of the day. (which stands for Dads of Great Students) program at the school. "There's been a tremendous turnout of dads," said Britton, who with Paige Nelson, a fifth-grade language arts teacher, helped start the Watch D.O.G.S. Quality has been 10/10 across the board.Since a new program that focuses on encouraging dads and positive male role models to volunteer in schools was launched, Britton has been joined by dozens of dads who have pledged to give at least one day of their time to help out at Nottingham Country, 20500 Kingsland Blvd. So far we've had 2 students at this school and counting. That said, each child will have *endless* resources and teachers that will do everything possible to help your child succeed in school. They will, in fact, be challenged academically. From reading to math to science to PE to music to even the lunch staff, everyone of them are fantastic. The teachers and staff are nothing short of amazing. If you try and volunteer to help as a parent, sign up early or you won't get to help. Realtime driving directions to Nottingham Country Elementary, 20500 Kingsland Blvd, Katy, based on live traffic updates and road conditions from Waze. Many of the mothers stay at home, or one or both parents work from home and make it their business to stay involved in their children's schooling. The vast majority of this neighborhood is college educated with few exceptions, so education is taken seriously by the vast majority of parents. The students in this school do quite well. It's comical what the rating system calls out to be a flaw. I don't need to read what Great School's rating is this school is a 10 out of 10.
